Butler Does It Again

Spoiler Alert...

Butler continues their magic from last year as Matt Howard tips in a shot with less than a second to go to beat Old Dominion 60-58. Apparently, the senior didn't want to go home in the first round. Next up, most likely, powerhouse Pittsburgh.

West Virginia holds on to beat Clemson 84-76. Clemson led 40-31 late in the first half but ran out of gas as the Mountaineers pushed the pedal to the metal. West Virginia scored 44 points from their bench players. Really impressive.

And I'm scared. I picked Louisville to go to the Finals in one of my brackets (clearly many will laugh at me, that's OK). So, it wasn't good when I saw Morehead State (Who??? Exactly) get out to a 15-2 lead. Fortunately, for me, my sanity and my bracket, Louisville has come back to take the lead in the second half. Let's hope they hold on.

I Love My Life

View From The Man Cave Until Kristen Comes Home. Three games at once. Hard to see the PIP on the big TV but it's there. You can stay at work as late as you want honey :)

My Awesome Wife

I'd like to thank my beautiful wife for proposing the idea of bringing our upstairs TV downstairs so I now have two TV's and can watch all four games at once. Good job Hon! Nice sacrifice to give up your Today Show Friday morning while you get ready for work.

Wait?!? Did I just give myself more work and I have to reconnect upstairs after the games tonight? Uh oh!

We're Off

I started twenty minutes after tipoff to the first game, but DVR is an Angel From Above and I caught up no problem. No one likes commercials anyways.

I find this to be a little more difficult than in years past. The previous three years I've been in a Vegas Sports Book and they have screens everywhere including a huge one that can show all four games going on at once. When we've gone in the past, my brother and I won't talk to each other, for hours, or unless there's a commercial on all four games at once (we call it a White Wash, we get very excited when this happens). Yet somehow we have trained our brains to catch the most important part of each play for all four games with a "OHHH Did You See That?", and yet we always have.

This year is a little different. Sitting at home, games are going on with four different channels broadcasting. So, right now, I'm watching Clemson/West Virginia with a Old Dominion/Butler Picture In Picture. At 1:40pm, a third game comes on, Louisville/Morehead State will be on my iPhone app March Madness On Demand. A fourth game, I don't know what I will do. Some creative remote control switching. I do have an inner knack to know when to turn the channel at just the right time.
This will be an exercise in concentration to say the least. And yet, Kristen says I don't pay attention :)

Interesting note to the Clemson/WVU game, Clemson played a "play in game" in Dayton, Ohio that finished minutes before midnight Tuesday night. Won that game against UAB to get them into the Round of 64, flew to Tampa, got in at 4:45 am Wednesday morning and was ready to play at 12:15pm today. The scheduling people did not do them any favors. And even though Clemson had a big lead most of the first half (up to nine at one point), WVU tied it with a three right before half.

Now turning my attention to ODU/Butler. Other than the fact that Butler almost won the championship last year, I know nothing about this team other than our friend Julie went there, oh, and it's cold in Indiana. Remember, Butler = Julie + Cold. Got it!

March Madness Anyone?

Happy March Madness Everyone! Today is a very exciting day. 16 first round games followed by another 16 first round games tomorrow. College basketball on three different channels for twelve straight hours, and I'm home all day to watch them. And, I don't have to sneak around the office trying to watch on my computer, like millions of people today.

Best sporting day ever! I don't care what people say about the Super Bowl, that's only 3.5 hours. The only things I'm missing are chips, dips, pizza, barbecue and everything else associated with Fat Super Bowl Day.

T-minus four hours.

P.S. If my buddy Rye Rye isn't home watching today as well, I'm very disappointed.

I'm BAAAACCCCKKKKK

Hello World...I hope you're doing well.

It's been two plus months since my last blog.

I want to get back to writing.

Sometimes life gets in the way.

And our busy lives prevent us from doing certain things.

But, no more.

So, I'm shifting gears on this blog.

Last night, I saw on mlb.com a job post that would be perfect for me.

PERFECT!!!

It's called Dream Job. The objective: Watch every single baseball game and blog about it.

So, let me get this straight: I would watch EVERY game, BLOG, and get PAID. I like all three of those things. All you would have to do is incorporate EATING and I would be in Heaven.

As our favorite crazy whipping boy, Charlie Sheen would say right now:

WINNING!!!

Unfortunately, the job listing closed a week before I saw it.

But, that got me to thinking, and what Kristen and I have been talking about...what are my passions?

Hmmm...well, I know I like to write...

And anyone who knows me knows I like to watch sports.

So, why not do that on my own blog for the time being?

Until mlb.com hopefully picks me up for next year :)

So, first things first...

This Thursday and Friday are two National Holidays for me, aka the first two days of March Madness. And, for the fourth year in a row, I have decided to take those two days off from work.

So, I will blog about the games. ALL OF THEM!!! For at least those two days.

Heck, I was staying home anyways just so I could watch them.

If all goes well, I will blog about Major League Baseball.

Trends/teams (my favorite the Yankees), players, fantasy, etc.

Let's see how it goes.

So, from here on out, you will be hearing much more from me. Mostly sports, but at least this gives me a venue to talk about what I love. And, it gives Kristen a reprieve from all the times I say...

"Honey, did you see that shot?" OR "Honey, I hate AJ Burnett, he can't get past the fifth inning."

Hopefully, I will get pitch a complete game and go the distance through this upcoming baseball season.

GAME ON!!!